Abstract

The design of pulse compressors based on stimulated Brillouin scattering for the generation of subnanosecond pulses at energies approaching the Joule level is an active field of research. Backward stimulated Raman scattering allows for further compression of the pulse up to tens picosecond with production of light at new wavelengths. We present a design of laser with a multiple-cell stimulated scattering pulse compression which can output up to 500mJ per pulse with a 7-ns to 50-ps pulse duration and a 5-Hz pulse repetition rate.

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